Cauldwell Avenue - Propossed Puffin Crossing
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SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL
NOTICE OF PROPOSED PUFFIN CROSSING AND RAISED TABLE
MORTIMER ROAD AND CAULDWELL AVENUE SOUTH SHIELDS 2025
NOTICE is hereby given that South Tyneside Council, after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police proposes under Section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to install a new puffin crossing in the location described in Schedule 1
below and proposes under sections 90A and 90C of the Highways Act 1980 and the Highways (Road Humps) Regulations 1999 to install a raised table in the location described in Schedule 2 below.
SCHEDULE 1
New Puffin Crossing
Mortimer Road, South Shields
The Centre of the crossing is to be located 10 metres south of the centre of its junction with Cauldwell Avenue
Associated zig-zag markings on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times will be marked either side of the crossing extending up to 13.5 metres north westwards and 13.5 metres south eastwards.
SCHEDULE 2
New Raised Table
Cauldwell Avenue, South Shields
The centre of the crossing is to be located 4.25 metres northeast of its junction with Mortimer Road
The raised crossing plateaux will consist of a raised surface above the existing carriageway for the full width of the road located 2 metres northeast of its junction with Mortimer Road for a distance of 4.75 metres in a north easterly direction with ramps measuring 2 metres in length.
Details of these proposals may be inspected from Monday to Friday during normal office hours at the Town Hall at the address below. Alternatively, you can request a copy of the documentation by emailing
kathryn.ruddy@southtyneside.gov.uk.
If you wish to raise an objection, express support or make any other observations about these proposals, you must make them in writing to the Council’s Legal Services Department at the address below or by using the same email address above by the 23 May 2025. Any objections must specify the grounds on which
they are made.
DATED: 02 May 2025
Corporate Lead, Legal & Governance South Tyneside Council, Town Hall, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL
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